Stuff

I went to Silver Bells this past Friday in downtown Lansing with some friends. I have never gone before and it was pretty cool. The weather was great and there was a ton of people there. What I could see of the electric light parade was nice. The state tree is pretty and the fireworks were great. Some of them had such large explosions that a few of us were joking about running for cover. Its an Army thing.

My husband's uncle died unexpectedly yesterday, so a funeral is in my near future. The details are still sketchy at this time, so I'm not sure if it is going to affect our Thanksgiving plans or not. At this point we are still moving ahead as planned. Tomorrow after work I will be baking the pumpkin pie. Yum.

I'm pinning the last 8 blocks of my double delight rolling star blocks. I can't wait to get these bad boys sewn together. They WILL BE done tonight. Then I can start looking at the lay out. I forgot about the triangle end pieces, so last night I went looking through the stash to see what pinks I have. It could be an interesting layout. I can't wait to get it done.

Next I have to finish the quilt I started for my sister so I can get it quilted and sent to her. It was suppose to be her X-mas present but I don't think that is gonna happen. I don't think she will mind getting it a bit late.

I'm giving up all my fabric scraps to my long arm quilter because I'm never gonna use them. I did find a big piece of green batik in the basket, so I'm thinking I'm going to have to keep that piece. I might have to rummage through the basket before bagging it up for her.

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!

Happy but Sad

Today I sold my Quarter Horse mare, Maggie. I've been wanting to sell her because she needs to go to someone who will use her. A lady from Hillsdale came over tonight with her trailer, in case she wanted her and to save herself another trip. She fell in love with her and bought her on the spot. She brought a young lady with her that boards are her house and she rode Maggie as well. She didn't want to get off of her because she was enjoying riding her so much. Maggie was well behaved, amazingly and she even loaded into the trailer without any problems. My jaw about fell to the ground. Melody could care less that she is gone, but Mia is very upset. She was walking around calling to her, but she was gone. Hopefully she will be alright. I'm hoping that Julie will love her as much as I do. Now, I've just got to get the other two sold and find my show horse.

I've been getting quite a bit of sewing done. I've got almost all the blocks for the double delight sewn together. I'm very excited and want to start working on the layout. I can't wait to get the top done. I need to get this one done and another one then I want to finish a show shirt that I've got cut out. I'm hoping to get a few shirts made this winter so I can sell them as the spring tack sales.

Friday the 13th

Well, my Friday the 13th turned out to be a humdinger. I did get the leaves bagged up in the front yard, so at least that is now done. In the morning, the oldest weim got sick from eating bark, so I ended up being late for work. Then I had a headache and some of my co-workers didn't help it any. I ended up leaving work early and when I got home I loaded up the leaves to take to the farm. I got the load all secured and ready to go. I went to get some water from the fridge and it was dead. I ended up packing up all my food and taking it to the farm. On the way to the farm, two bags of leaves decided they wanted to take a trip. They flew out of the back of the truck in heavy traffic on the highway. Luckily there wasn't a 20 car pile up or anything. I got to the house and found our neighbor died the day before. He was only 39 years old. At that point I decided that I wasn't going horseback riding because I was afraid of what would possibly happen to me or the horse. It was a heck of day and I hope to not have another one like it for some time. I did end up having to buy a new fridge and hopefully it will be installed tomorrow. Its amazing how much we rely on having a fridge. I hope no one else had a Friday the 13th like mine.

Leaves, Leaves, and More Leaves

I worked on leaves again until the dogs couldn't stand it. They decided to bark continuously and cause me heartburn. The neighbors don't care for dogs barking, so I had to quit even though I'm close to being done. I filled up a few more bags and got the side yard done. I also got the front yard raked, I just need to put the leaves in bags. I'm hoping to get it done tomorrow. I still have to finish the backyard, but I'm not in such a big rush to get that little bit done.

Here is a picture of Miss Ava hanging out in the leaves. I just love this picture. She looks so pretty and blends in with the leaves so well.

I've been working on my Double Delight quilt tonight. Since it gets dark so early I have to do stuff in the house. I figured I better get rolling on this so I can work on the next mystery quilt. I have two other quilts to finish before starting a new one. One is bargello wall hanging that is almost done. It is a quilt as you go and I only have to finish putting the borders on and then the binding. I also started a quilt to send to my sister for Christmas this past winter. I really should get it done so maybe I can send it to her sometime close to Christmas. It is super cute dog christmas fabric. I'm hoping to make some headway on these projects soon. With the holidays and the cold weather creeping in, I think I might be able to get some of these things finished.

I also want to get some more show clothes made so I can sell them this spring at local tack sales. I have such a different variety of fabric. Hopefully they will turn out because I've never used decorator fabric to make clothing before. I also want to order a few more patterns because I want to make my own showmanship outfit for this next year. I'm not sure what horse I will be showing, but I'm hoping to have something to show.

Veteran's Day

Please take a moment today and thank a veteran for the service they have given to our country. Our servicemen and women are very important to this country and stand up for what is right. Also, please say a prayer for the soldiers and families at Fort Hood that have had to endure this horrible act of aggression against them. I know that I am thinking about them often and hopefully the man who committed this horrible crime will pay the price for what he has done.

On to better and brighter things. The next Quiltville mystery quilt is about to get started. I don't plan on starting it when the rest do, but I will follow along and hope to make it sometime this winter. I'm still working on the last mystery quilt, so I can't start anything new until I finish that one.

I think today is going to be spent raking leaves. I'm hoping to get them finished up. I just have to finish the backyard and do the front and side. I've already filled 35 bags and I'm hoping not to have to do another 35. I really want to get these leaves up because I'm one of the last houses to still have leaves in the yard. Luckily, I'm not the last last, but its getting close. The day is suppose to be beautiful and I know the dogs will enjoy hanging outside.

Happy Veteran's Day!!

Long Time

Sorry for such a huge gap in posts. This summer has been crazy. I showed my Appaloosa mare at all the Rose City shows. We had a good year. We placed in at least one class at every show. The last show at the beginning of August was a bit rough. We were doing great in our classes and at the lunch break I decided to work her because she was fighting me. Well, she decided that she had enough of me and decided to take off as fast as possible. I thought for sure that she was going to run through the fence, but she stopped and off I went. I was very lucky that I didn't hit the fence or the fence post. I landed right next to them. When I got up and started to walk my pant leg was stuck to my knee, so I pulled it up and come to find out I had a huge gash in my knee. I ended up having to call the DH to take me to the emergency room for stitches. I have a nice scar.

I've been sewing more show clothes as well. I bought a bunch of fabric at Field's to make more shirts. I haven't gotten to that fabric yet, but I'm hoping that this winter I will get lots of sewing done. Tonight I busted out the Double Delight mystery quilt from Bonnie Hunter. It started on New Year's Day and I haven't finished it yet. My machine was being troublesome so I had to work through that before I could get one section sewn. The day was too nice today to sew and the dogs and I spent most of the day outside. As it gets colder I will get back to sewing.